4 „ n u n „,,,,,,,4 it PIT Mr. Marsh informs , us that the-pre- 1— Eisco. 4.-I d isa o t_tt7
• LV It t ., . - i el', tol l s,o t h e r reve v re. " *V i the . 15
C r so
of
n ' L a Common- '
: ,
gres,inLr fi nely, that .he expects to have the I I wealth : al p d.alsO c co . untitre.Surers, are hereb y . l
authorized to receive, for State purposes, the I
-, a . s
prom beets," in a few weeks, and that '
1 notes of the solvent hanks of this Common- l
probably we 'will be furnished withour snaps' ' reealtli, though not specie-paying banks, in.
about Nei- Years; of which, further notice I payment of the said taxes, toll, and revenues,' j
will be given hereafter.. The publi,h er a- h ave , and - the State Treasurer is- hereby authorized ~
Spared neither time
.nor money, endeavoring I to-rec eive - and receipt for the same in the same
I Manner as though said banks were specie pay- I
toTrepare a map that shall be bOth- useful c i n g.
and ornamental, and they have every reason i * Scc. 6. That - the deposits by the State
i .
- to4telier:e that .i-siiii -- -bejust the map welnive , Treasurer, or to - the 'credit of the Common
lung wished, for. There will be an engraving wealth; in the several.-banks and cotheuteorpo , -
- ' rations , and all bank notes which are now or
on the border'of the maps, oflio'ntrose Borg, ' ; may hereafter' he in the
-- .Treasury during, the
from a daguerreotype taken by Mr. Deans on
.iperio of suspension aforesaid shall from time
the 21st of last ,April, just after the heavy 1 ,
-.to time, on demand of the said Treasurer; be
s no w storm, Which - we'all remember, also thei
paid by the said banks'or other corporations
. .
Academy . (6a . Court house B u imi n „ i n 1 respectively, i n specie,. in such amounts as
a
'Moutrose, I
to ether with the Cascade and , may be required by said Treasurer, to enable
h ' . • .
to
pay
\B..
the interest accruing on the pub
aoYf the Commonwealth.
Starrucca . bri es on ik, the NeW York Erie lie lal
loans
H. 8., and other engravings of general inter- i Ssc. 6. That upon all judgements hereto
, I fore entered in suits commenced by writ. or
Jrg" The appointment:, for teachers exam4' t • .
_______,......
____ - I otherwise, or which may be entered during
inations will be found - in anotl.er column — ! . - I the !retried hereinbefore mentioned; in actions
Direetors'and others should p r omptly a rt en d, , . The. Heller Bill.'
institirted by writ or otherwise, in any court
- i -The fullowing is the bill as it passed both
and judge whether the examina'ions are sat. i ' in thi s' Commonwealth, or before any alder-'
r.;
isfsetort. Don't stay away and
. th say
••
- -. ...'.-
Houses and receivod the signature of the 1 man of justice of the peace, on judgments oh
en ,
. -,: '
you thin-k tbeKwere not ptoperly conducted, Governor:
1: Joined before said officers, if th e defendant
- shall be possessed- of anv'estate in fee sin - ,pie,
A n Act proridlngf o. the resumption cf specie • -
'oat ry a and- see'-for yourselves. Thus& who , w i t h in - the r ispectivo county, stlir.r.n , in the
25 payments: b_ y th e janks, and for II . 1 . f f -
...i , re se o
wish to select teachers will fi nd it to their opinion . of the court, alderman, or justice, the
. ,
interest to hepre , ent: ' ' debtors.
amount of the said
. i;.4l.rtnetit over and above
all incumbran. - es, and 10 amount exempted
from levy and sale on execution ; he shall be
entitled to a stay of execution t thereon, on
judgement new obtained on suits now bret
for the term
: Of one year from the date of the
passage of this - act, and on all others for one
year, to be computed from the first day of the
term to which the act commenced ;'and every,
defendant in such judgment may have the
same stay- of execution . thereon, if within thir
ty days from the passage of this act, or with
in thirty days from the rendition of any future
judgement, he shall give-security to be ap
proved of by the court or by 'a judge thereof,
or by such alderman or justice of the 'peace
before eLnm such- judgment was obtained,
for the sum
recovered, togethe r with the in
..
'I4 IT 01111115 C
J .Li. IicCOLLUM,
k .j. GF,IIRITSON
nrctla T, ovrynber 5, 1857.
, t tgr •IGen. Valentine Best; for twenty-five
rears :editor of the Danville IntelliOneer, 1
.!ied on Thtmtlay last. Ile was a member of
- the Sate Senate in '4,S '49and, '5O and was 1
Speaker of that body in 'ZiO. Ile was. 56 i
ears of age.
to" A telegraphic de,paith ftotti Wasit 7
m Friday last Says_
.that tilt course of 1
nor. Walker in ti,tnsns is emphatically con,.!-
dernned by • the Administration. The next 1
at; it ass reported that the de -patch was un
founded. •
•
Henry I Ward Beecher 'lectures to- ...SEC. 1. Be it enacted .by the Senate and
' I
1 House of Representatives of die Conr:non•
night in the Baptist church in this p lace. 7— t• wealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly
We inserted .his letter, stating that ba would I met , and it is here l 2s enacte...d by the aiithori
ha here, in a pro t[of our edition of fast week 1 ty of th.• tame, That the provision's of every
and. it may be found among the
is to leci notices 1,0- i act of Assembly: or of incorporation iiorre-in-
corporat . iod. heretofore • paased; declaring or
understoo
'd•iv - A-linittance, 25 cts. ,Although it is I
• •authotiztng any compulsory assignment, f or
_or by reason of the non-payment of any of d that Its ilre lecture" before the
its
Susquehanna eph 111 V N O rill'i I I SA/ OA"
. 0 !41,i 1 liabilities, or the issuing or paying out the
students ate to pay the same as others. They I.notes of other-banks incorporated under the
number upwards -or °N " . We think they Ila of this Commonwealth, though not spe
should have been, admitted just as they
are I ele paying,..o . r . i its loaning or discounting with
to all the other lecturcidelivered 'before :he,
outtherequisite amount of specie or specie
f
un
d
s; s ince the first - day of September, Anno
Normal School"—free. The' total expenses I Domini one thousand
,eight' hundred and tit
of the lecture is put down at $150..
tg , Wiltnot has not been heard of since
election: Whete he is, or what he is doing,
no one know:. It has been reMarkPd, that
perhaps, despairing of doing anything with
the Oligarchy" by caying at the• North, he
has gOne South to "stir up the animals;'
the show-men sac. He would do butter to go
North, and take the ",tumr.for Gc.vernor of
Greenland or Batas Bay. We think morel
probably he is hunting up his party, ortrying
to find a new •one that • will take hint in.—
He hao-n't gone, up Sal t-itiier, forTtli -- botton
fell out of his boat, rendering, it inyOssible
fur him to sail.
-
• The Elections . . •
Slate elections were held riarkfoPeyes'or
daviti New Yoik, Mas ,, aohusettS, Wisconsin,.
and New Jersey. In New York City, Tuck,
er (Detn)..hai , 23,637 majority over Clapp:
(" Rep.''). the " vote not footed
up. 10f eleven State Senat ors heard from, 10
are-lbernoeyats. and 1 `,•Anietierin." The
lietnOurat.: %cry lar , e . " - rains in all pasts
of the :7_ , :ate, whili2 there is a large falling off
,Of the Opposition. The 50,000 "majority for j •
the " Icepublicansr of '13 , 4 -3-cads „cut down .
tO-al!nk:t no:hitT,-if, they are not routed en•
The Democrats are •rejoicing -over
their tticolph. A strange incident occurred
in
. the third - Ward. ! The boxeP were
of files.. and the first, , vote (Ist was 'fur
Clapp, " ,when the box instantly flew
into a thou.-and pieces !
From Massue*.t.tls we have rettirns suffi
cient to watt ant \the election of
,Banks fo'r
Governor. In P;.-iiton the Vote stOod: Gard-,
tier 5,073, Beach (lem.) 4,243, 8ank5.4,217.
From Wiscom:in we have few returns:
Cro , s (DeTll) has 3,627 najotity in Milwau 7
kee City and three towns. Incomplete re=
tuns from : ten, other counties give Randall
" Rep." SO,O intjmity. lqadi. , ou City and
three town; give Cross 32 majotity fur Gov
erne r.
Vce z t but few returhs frorri . New Jersey,
but what tve rlo g .a is all riolig.
The 111unicipn1 election in Detroit,te,ults in
. .
the clectiun
tf Patton' (Dm.) by about 800
ninjoritv, curl 9 out of 12 AlJe'imen, togeth
et a.iih Ilia whole I)ernocratie city ticket.
i t-TSince the utter tout of the Proviso
man and the demonstration of - the impossibil
ity of ever electitre any of his kith or lin to
e•
any oflit4rin the State, or indeed in the tniott.
some Of his friends ate boas. ingl that he can
come - home and mominantOiany office
chow-es. Perhaps he eau if Itee rmitit his
ambition to go :no :Wagner a r iban iownship or
borough honors, but ti.'4=lti either the Judge
ship or COngress, something besides the order
froniAimpelf and a few -immediate friends!
will •be found necessary to place . tiro in 1
eithera those positions.
There` is a verytstrong feeling among citi
zens of \all classes, irleTective of party pre
udicUs, t.hit we need a Jatlge, one who will
hold his C• c outts aloof from partisan- affairs. I
Such ii-Man David Wilmot emphatically is
•
, not, and consequently our people have deter-_
mined teat some other man must- occupy
that -station fur the next judicial, term. No,
Wilmot cannot be otir judge (dictator) again.
This we believe is as ~c eld. as settled.
As to Coug*aiwide from the fact that
there'are °the,aigi • in the oprandtion better
fitted for the•positioe than Wilmot, and who
IVe claims uPon • - -thitir party Which he will .
tiitd, it perhaps impossible to ignore, it would,
be sheer folly,s any utter ruin to them at
once, to . notninate Wilmot next Fall for that
positiim,as the settlerne4t -ttf his negro bobby,
and the probability that questiOrA Cr
tariff, citif,rencv, &c., may be,* would,
iss:•t,
render his defeat certain. ile,•has burnt‘.l3g
getl our people long enough, and. they are
beginning to become aware of i!. Let those
who imagine that " Wilmot has a strong
bold upon the affections of the people of his
district," look at the otletion returns of this
year, and compare them with 28st year, an 4.
"they will be convinced that- there is a yore
strong "disaffection" among colt- people, in
regard to this arrant hypocrite. The poai
tion which be is attempting to take upon
the tariff qtiestion,. would alone ensure his
defeat by a large majority.
The most sensible course for would
be to settle down to praCtice as a lawyer,
and endeavor by . honest industry, to . r ei
egai
something of whit he hasrlost by his ref leas
pwlitit al debauchery 4 ,9 th e e past ;: and afflict
to. secure the pity, if not the respect andsoni•
• f_littnee ef his f*tliew-eitiNes,
•
EDITORS.!
tv seven, be and the carne are hereby EU-
pended until the second Monday 'of April,
Anno Domini *one thousand eight hundred
and fiftv-eifzlit, arid all rot feitures and penal.
ties, or liability thereto, heretofore incurred,
or that may hereafter-be incurred, before the
second Monday of April, under such acts of
Assembly. or of - aneorputation or re-incorpora
tion, for or by re: s - en of the causes aforesaid,
or any of them, are hereby remitted, and so
much thereof as prohibits any bank from
making , loans and dkounts, issuing itsown
notes, or the notes of other banks incorporat
ed under the laws of this Commonwealth,
though not Specie paying or declaring LIM:-
dends during the suspension of specie pay
ments, or from loaning or dkonnting
with
out the requisit'e amonat of specte- or
;specie
funds as aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby
suspended until the day and year aforesaid,
and any such banks,- during such suspension
of specie payments, may declare diyidends .to
an ainount,pot exceeding six pet' cot. per
annum on its capital ; and this act shall ex
tend also to all bank; saving, trust, and in
•wance companies, and corporations with
banking chat:toted or re-chartered
Lyider any lay,7foi• the periods hereafter to
corniriebee, and - to the payznent of stock to
all hanks incorporate , ' by the Legislature at
•its last session,
Scc. 2. That, in addition to all statements
and returns riiire required by la*, each and
every .bank in the.cities of Philadelphia,l'itti ;
burg acid Allegleney shall, on thi.: first dis
count day in Jannary next, and weekly thre
_
after, and everyiother bank in the Common
wealth, on the same day, and monthly there
after, make - up a statement - to be verified by
the oath or affirmation of the president or
csoltier thereof, showing—first, the ~- i ntount
of its loans and -discounts; second the
amount of specie in_ the possession of and
owned by sucli•hank,' ancl'i\ the balance due
from oilier banks, in distinci, items ;'third,
the amount of its notes outstanding; fourth,
the amount of deposits, including, individual
deposits and balances due to other banks, -
which statement shall be Ipblished in. the
_next simeeeding issue of anewspaper of the
county ; and any siolatiou:of this law, or
failure to comply_ with its pro Visions by any
pre:hien or any cashier of any
a misdemeanor,
.and each of the said officers
upi,n conviction there 4 be punished
by a fine of -not'less than five' hundred dol
lars; nor more than one thousand dollars,
at the. discretion of the Court; one-half
to be given to the pro-ccotor, and ono
half to the county in which the bank is ha
cased. • •
Sse. 3‘ That qm said banks are hereby re
quired, u\tii. the isecond,Sfornday of April
aforesaid, o receive rt par in payment of all •
debts-due, - or to become due to them, re.spee- 1
lively, the notei of all the solvent banks in
the Commonwealth which paid silecie fur all
their liabilities on anti immediately prior to
the first day of September last, and whfch
shall continue solvent, and the said banes are'
I also hereby authorized' to pay out, in all their
business transactions and- discounts, the said
notes so long as the banks issuing the sane
shall remain solvent ; but in case any presi
dent, and a majority of the board ofdirectors
of any of the said hanks shall certify to the
aver nor, under oath or affirmaiion of the
pri•sident, his apprehension antr belief that
any bank in said certificate unshed 19 In an
unsafe condition,.the Governor shall thereup
on appoin three judicious Nations; not inter
ested in said bank, as commissioners toinves
tigate the condition of such bank. And the
"said commissioners . .shall, after taking an oath
or -a ffi rmation to perform the duties of their
appointment with fidelity, forthwith proceed
to make the said investigation and report the
result thereof within ten daysto the Govern
or; and if the officers of the said bank shall
refuae to' permit the .said commissioners to
make such investigation, .or to produce - any ,
books or documents necessary for that pur
pose, or if the said commirvioners i or a me=
jority of them, shall report that the said bank
is in an unsafe condition, the Governor shall
thereupon issue his proclamation declaring
the charter of the said bank to be forfeited,
and the stod bank shall be deprived of ill the
benefits of this ao. and the director's thereof
shall forthwith make and execute an assign
ment in the manner provided by the act, en
titled " An act riegulating banks," approved
:he sixteenth day 'of- April ; Auno I/43min'
eight "eta hundred and °fifty, - and the expenses
o f suc h „aumaission, 'Mehlding-the compensa
missioners at. eght dollars
tion of thi'Vnixi
per day each e:." 1 • 11 be paid "by the bank
against which it is isse."'dt unless the rep*
shalt be favorable Ito itato.7 4 itinn. in which
case they shall be paid by the ai.,;%ii i : .. n ro te r _ e ;
but the
any bank or banks which shall,
period heroidbeforo limited, resume and Cna
tinue the payment ofspecie on all their lia
bilities, shall nor acter each - resumption, and
during such continuance, be abject to any
-of the provisions of this.seetion-: • Provided
That Dolma shall be required to receive the
-notes of any•bank against which a..certificate
May be made as aforesaid ; any time after
.the delivery of the same to the Governor, un
til the Commissioners shall report in -favor of
such after .wlA:is. the - notes tit such
beak shall agnin,be received as required by
the provisions - of this Reim
terest and costs : Provided, 'lllat this see-.
tion shall not apply to the wages of labor. I
nor to debts upon 'which - stay of execution is i
expressly waived by the debtors, nor to judg- I
ments upon which a stay of execution has al
ready been taken under existing laws: And i
provided, That the provisions cf this section
shall extend to judgments- entered or to b.. ,
zutcred, as well upon bond and warrant of 1
attorney as upon mortgages to secure the
same, and to any subsequent grantee or own•
ers of the premises so bound, as well AS to
.the original obligor or mortgagor: Provid
ed,j'arther; That said stay ofexecution.shall .
not apply to judgments or mortgages, 0: on
bonds •ecured by mortgage, 'unless theinter
est.thereon shall be paid within sixty days
after the accruing of the same, in funds
as the banks are authorized by th's act to use.
Szc. 7. This act shall take effect immedi
ately, except the 3d section, which &LAU not
go into operation until the provisions of this
act are accepted- as herein provided; but nn
Bank or otter corporation shall -be embraced
within its provisions More than thirty days
after the passage hereof, or
.after . any Bank
shall have suspendel specie payments upon
• its notes or obligations, unless the stockhold
ers of such Bank or other corporation shall,
befors the expiration of the said thirty days,
i or witltiOhirty days - after any Bank shall
t have suspended .specie payments upon its
1
notes or obligations, at a meeting to be cal
led by the Directors .thereof for that purpose,
on ten days' public notice, in one or. more
i newspapers, accept the provisions of-this act
by a majority of the voice of said stockhold
ers, to be toted and Counted according to the
p ro vi s io ns to= .the charter of such accepting
Bank, or other corporation regulating the
election of Directors, but to make such ac
ceptance valid, there shall be filed in the of
fice of the Auditor General of this Common
wealth, a certificate that this act-has been du
ty accepted, under the common seal of such
Bank or other corporation, attested by the
signattire cf its President or Cashier. And
each of the said Banks accepting the provis- I
ions' of this „stet shall also pay. into the Treas- I
ury cf the Commonwealth, on or before the
first day of January, Anno Domini One thous
snd eight hundred and fifty-eight, or withiw_
thirty days after any Bank shall accept the
provisions ,of this act, a sum equal to one
fourth of-one per centum upon the capital
stock- of said Bank, in addition to any amourt
tl ov are required by law to pay.
SEC. 8. That the forty-seventh secti9n of.
the act approved Aril 16,1833, entitlei `,An
act regulating Ban be and the same is
hereby repealed : Provided, That I suits
brouglitCr now pending, for forfeitures or pen
alties under the section hereby repealed,-shat;
not be affected thereby.
.That the Legislature hereby reserv
es the right and poker to alter revoke, or an
nul the charters of any Bank or Banks, cor
poration or. corporations, accepting the pro
visions of this act, whenever in their opinion
the same may prove injurious to the citizens
of the Commonwealth, in such al - antler, how.
ever, as to do no injustice to the corporators •
Suc..lo. That no Bank, Savings Fund, In
surance, or Trust Company shall directly or
indirectly,. purchase or be concerned-in the
purchase, of the notes o' any of the incorpor
tted Banks of this St.ate at less than their par
value; and• any and every of the officers of
said InstitutiOns violating the provisions of
this section shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor, pinishable, upon convictisn, z y a
fine of not less than. five hundred dollars, nor
more than one thousand dollars, one half to
I be paid to the informer, and the other half to
I the use of the Commonwealth.
Sac: 11. That no stocks, bonds, promisso
ry notes, personal property, or other valuable
securities, hypothecated or held in pledge,
either with power of attorn?y attached or
otherwise, for credit or money loaned, shell
be sold for the period of six months from the
passage of this act, without the cousent.of the
debtor, debtors, or party hypothecating or
pledging the same being first had and obtain
ed in writing.
Scc. 12. That the notice required for pay
ment,' provided in 41te charters of Savings
Fund and Trust Coepanies, in all sums ex
ceeding one hundred dollars, be, and the
same is hereby extended for the period of two
mouths during the period of suspension of
specie payment authorized by Ibis Act.
Gannors l—Greedy in the Tribune. makes
a proposition to Coionel Forney, of Philadel
phia, (under the idea, we presume, that they
are the most influential men in the Union,)
that they unite theirjnfluence, acd settle the
Kansas difficulties at once. That will be ve
ry kind of th4up, indeed ! We are anxious to
see the result. If they succeed (which they
will of course,) we intend to propose to ..the
e diL , r of the Volkablatt, of Cincinnati, that
b e en d
. ip,itrself immediately settle the. mutiny
trou i,L e i t.---147hite Cloud (Kansa)
tarn,' nisei ei:.tes of Dyspeiria and kin
dred diseases performed by the Oxygenated.
Bitters, after all itbar reino!ies. hare failed,
slienld be *efficient to iodise* etik;r7 Dyspeptic
to giro the medicine a trial, Its t 4iccess is
arooderfoli,
PROCL A lIATION.
Laeourroar, Oct. 10.
To the People-of Kansas :- 2 13y the 32d
section of the. organic :set establishing this
Territorial Government, it i s ' provided in ref
erence to the election of a deleZate to
,Con
gress, that " the pervons having the greatest
number of vote* shall be dec lared by the
Governor to be duly elected, and a certificate
thereof slial be given accordingly."
By the 16th section of the act of the Ter
ritorial Legislature of Kansas, entitled "an
act.to regulate elections," it ismade the duty
of the Secretary to examine the returns in
the presence of the Governor, and to "give
the person having the highest untnber of
rotes in their respective district's, certificates
of their election to the Legislative_ Assent
-11v."
Under these two provisions of the law pre
vailing in this Territory, the recent general
election has presented for the joint considers--
tion of the Governor and Secretary, a ques
tion of the gravest importance, not only our
own people. but also to those of the whole
Union. This etnntien :wises upon the extra
ordinary Warns made from the precinct of
Oxford in the county of Johnson. What
pitman to be the returns of the election held
t:i. that precinct on the sth and 6 th instant,
have been received by the Secretary,ccntain- '
ing sixteen hundred and twenty-sight names
1
of pretended voters,. or nearly one half the
number given in the whole Representative
District. The disposition to be made of this
supposed vote is rendered all important by
the fact, that the political character of the
Legislative Assembly will be ecintrollesl by
the addition of three Councilmen and eight
Representatives, to the strength of one party
or the other ' according to the adoption or ro
jection of the returns in question:
In point of fact, it. is. well known that-even
the whole county of Johnson, compriring, as
'W
l it does, par of an lndian Res erve, which, up
on examination of the law, we find is not yet
subject to settlement or pre-emption, can give
1 no. such vote as that which is represented, to
I have been polled at this inconsiderable pre
-1 cinct of Oxford. But while this unofficial
Iknowledge, well established and universal as
it may be, could not become the ground of
I decision and action upon eleution teturns, in
themselves regular and authentic, thelegiti
-1 mate effect of an apparent enormity, such as
that in question, would necssarily.be to in
duce a close examination of the paper pre'
settled, and to require for its acceptance a
prfect compliance with all the essential pro
visions of the law. Such an examination of
this document, conscientiously and impar
tially made has brought us to the conclusion
that' the returns from Oxford precinct in John
son:County, must be - wholly rejected for , the
follfiwing reasons: . ,
/Ist. It does not appear on the face of the
dtlAninent presented to u• - , or in 'any other
=toper, that the judges of election took the
oath imperatively required by the statute, to
senate the'' impartial dipAarge of their du
ties.aecording to law." .
2.1. It does not appear that the paper pre
sented to us was one of the two original polls
books, kept at the election, as 'required by
law ; but, on the ccntrary. it does api ear
from unmistakable internal evidence, that the
paper is either a copy of- some other.docu
ment, or has be4n made up fr the occasion,
and is not the genuine reco ?d of the votes
'taken at the election. The law requires' one
of the ppll-bouks :o be returned to the Secre
tarv, the other, to be depoSited with tha'Clerk
of the Board of Commissioners of the proper
county.
31. As the vote cf each elector was to be:
recorded for each one of twenty-two candi•-•
dates, and in more than a hundred cases, for
twenty-five, and that by a viva voce vote, it
was a. physical impossibility that the number
lof voters pretended to have been taketvon the
second day, being more than fifteen hun
dred, with the name bf the votes written; and
each of twenty two candidates properly des
-I;ignated, could have been taken and recorded
'within - the time prescribed by law.
4th. It is an extraordinary fact, tending to
throw distrust upon the whole proceedings.
' p that of the sixteen hundred and twenty-eight
rotes, only one is given to the delegate elect
to Congress, and. only one hundred and
twenty-four are recorded as having been
'cast fur the local candidates of the town-
ship
Influenced by the considerations, and im
pressed with the grave responsibility resting
upon us , in regard to the fairness of the elec
tion, and its freedom from all fraud suscepti
ble of detection and prevention, within the
scope of 4tit7 dutie', we deemed it essential to
truth and justice that we should ascertain
every fact calculated to refute or confirm the
conclusions derived from'
the face of the pa
per. Accordingly, we went"to the precinct
o! Oxford, (which is a village of six houses—
ir.cluding stores. and without a tavern,) and
ascertained trout the„citizens of that vicinity,
and especially those of the handsome adja
cent village of New Santa Fe in Missouri;
(separated only by a street, and containing
about twenty houses,) that altogether not
more than one tenth the number of persons
represented to bare voted were present on the
two days of the election, much the smaller
number, not exceeding thirty-nine or. forty,
being present on the last day, when more
than fifteen hundred votes are represented to
have been given. .The people of Orford, as
well as those of the
. neighboring village of
Santa Fe, were Astounded at the magnitude
of the returns ; and all persons of all parties,
in both places, treated o'4: *Lola affair with
detis:on or indignatiori, not bitting heard the
alleged result until several days after it bad ,
occurred. .
In the course of our journey to and from
Oxford we passed over much, the larger part
of the county of Johnson, and we became
thoroughly satisfied that there is no popula
tion in the whole country from which more
than -one-third the vote of-that single precinct
could have been given. We . learned that
some few persons, baring cabins on the re
serve in Johnson county, and claiming resi
dence therein, though generally absent, had
voted at some of the precincts in that coun
ty; but we are convinced that a very incon
siderable number, not reaching, we believe,
one hundred, of Missourians or other persOns,
having no admitted right to vote, did claim
or exercise that right, anywhere within that
county. The seople of blimuri. cannot be
justly charged with any interference in the
late election, nor are they in any degree com
plicated, with she evidently fraudulent returns
made from the precinct, of Oxford. Those re
turns, beyond all doubt, are simulated and
fictitious.
Under the.. circumstances, we do not feel
embarrassed by any teehnical difficulty AR to
our right to go behind the returns. We
bold the returns themselves to be defectivem.
form and in substance;,, and therefore inad
missible. We go for ;the purpoee of ascer
taining whether by theie valid objeetioas to
the mere returns, our Ojection of them will
have the effect of defeating the will of the
people, sought to be fitly expressed at the
polls. -In the swept of inch consequence', we
might hesitate to reject • vote upon any de
fect of form, however "essential in law. But
in the present ease we (eel ourselves bound to
adhere to the very of the law, in order
to defeat a gross and palpable fraud. The
coosidenttiou that our Own party, by the de-
claim, will lose the majority in the Legisla
tive Assembly, does not make our duties ih
the premises less solemn and imperative.—
The elective franchise would be utterly value
less, and free government itself would receive
a deadly blow, if so great an outrage as this
could be shielded under the cover of more
forms and technicalitim We cannot Oonsent
'itt - any manner,• to give the sanction. of our
reSpective official positions to such a intone
yen. Nor can we feel justified to 'relieve
ourselves of the proper responsibility of our
officers, in a eve where there is no valid re
turn, by stibroittivg the question to the Leg
islative Assembly ' and in that very act, giv
ing the parties that might cia:m to be chosen
by this spurious vote, the power to decide
upon their own election.
In view of the condition of affairs in Kan
ass for several years past, of the efforts so
long made to put in operation here a revolu
tionary government, and of the,„fact that this
effort was suspended under the belief_that
the. political difficulties of this Territory
might at length be fairly adjusted at the
polls, if that adjustment now be defeated,and
the people deprived of their rightful power
under the laws of Congress, by ficticious , re
turns of votes never given, it is our solemn
conviction that the pacification of Katis.ss,
through the exercise of the elective franchise.
would become impracticable, , and that chit
war would immediately be recommenced in
this Territpry, extending, we fear, to adjacent
States, and sulji:cting the Government of the
Union to immediate peril.
Because, therefore, the paper now under
examination, if not one of the original poll
books, by law required' to be returned, and
from the absedee of the oath prescribed by
the territorial statutes for the judges of elec
tion, the returns being thus clearly invalid,
and s we believe, fictitious and simulated,
we have, under the circutnstancrs, no alterna
tive but to reject the whole return from the
Oxford precinct, and to give the certificates
to those who appear to have been elected by
virtue of • he other regular returns.
11..1. WALKER, Gov. of Kansas Ter.
FRED. P. STANTON, Secretary.
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The Now York Coustitation.
We select that portion of the New York
State Constitution which has reference to
Banks. It ,is a great pitry that ovary State
Constitution . does- not contain similar provis
ions.—Er. •
ARTICLE VIII.
couroxsrfoNs—now CREATXD.
Sac. 1. Corporations may be formed un•.
der generil. laws; but shall not be created
by special act, except fur muncipal purposes,
and in cases where, lo- the judgment of the
Legislature, the :objects of the corporation
cannot be attained under general laws. All
genera l laws and sp e cial acts passed pursuant
to this section, may bo altered.front time t)
time or repealed.
DEBTS 07 CORPOR&TIONR.
Si'.. 2 Dues from corporations shall' be se
cured by such individual liability of the tor
porators and other means as shall be pre.
scribed by Jaw.
64 CORPORATIONS " DEPINICD.
SEn. 3. The term "Corporations," as used
in this article, shall be construed to include
all associations and joint . stock companies
having any of the powers'or-privileges, of
corporations not possessed by individuals or
partnerships. And all corporationkshall have
the right to sue and shall be subject to .be
sued in all courts in like cases; - as natural
persons.
•
Cll MITERS FOR BANKING ;TIM SS:
Sc.F: 4. The Legislature shall bare no pow.
er to pass any act granting any special char
ter for banking purpose•, but corporationa t or
associations may be formed for sucbpurposer
,under general laws. -
'SPECIE PAYMEiTS.
SEC. 5. The Legislature shall hare no
power to pass any law sanctioning in,any
manner, directly or indirectly, the suspensida
of specie payments by any person, association
or corporation issuing bank notes of any.de
scription: -
REG ISTRA OF DILLS OR NOTES
SEQ. 6. The Legislature shall provide by
law fur the registry of all bills or notes issuod
or put in circulation as money, and shall're
quire ample security for the redemption of
the same in specie.
n3=MWTM"3=M=j7=MMrM3
Sec-. 7. Stockholders in every corporation
and joint stock association for banking pur
poses, issuing bank notes of any kind or paisa
credit to circulate as money, after the first
day of JaCuary, boa thouvinti eight hundred
and fifty, shall be individually responsible to
the amount Of their respective shares of stock
in any such corporation or association, for
all its debts and liabilities of :very kind, con
tracted after the first day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty.
INSOLVENCY OF BANES-PREINIRZNYE.
SEC. 8. In caw' of the insolvency of any
bank, or banking association, the billhoiders
thereof shall be entitled to preference in plq
ment, over eeditors of such bank or associa
tion.. ,
SEC. 9. It shell be the duty of the Legisla
ture to provide for the organization of chic*
and incorporated villages, and to restrict
their power of taxation, esseesment, borrow
ing money, contracting debts and loaning
their credit so as to prevent abuses in assess•
ments and in contracting debt, by such mun
cinal qv`
A WORD.—The following item, in relation
to the recent election, is from the Herald of
Freedom of the 10th :
" As the contest is now over, we caution
out Republican friends against claiming the
result here, as a Republican victory. It is a
Free State triumph and nothing else. It is a
verdict of the people in favor of self govern
ment, and in favor of freedom for Kansas
without any relation whatever to the
.old par
ties as organized in the States."
True, every word , of iE ; and yet we just
picked up an eastern paper, and there saw the
modest announcement that the Republicaus
had carried Kansas by a large majority !
The impudence of the notice is unpersltelled.
Why, if none but Republicans and pro-slavery
men had voted at the recent election, and
none but legal voters participated, Republi
canism would biro bun whipped so badly
that its own mother would not have recog
nized it. In this city, for instance, syrr have
not a pro slavery voter; and, leaving the
American-and Democratic votes out, we think
there Would be barely a dozen left. Justice,
gentlemen, its all we want.—Geary - City [X.
T.] Era.
CorArrxtvertir.—lt may interest our
brethren of the presa to know that Dr. J. C.
AYsv., of Lowell,(Cherry Pectoral and Ca
thartic Pills,) ha s summated with him, Lis
brother Frederick Ayer. &q., long and favor
ably known as a. leadin merchant Of the
West. Mr. Ayer will condoet the widely es,
tended business of the brie,: which now mul
es to the Commercial isations'of both hernia
pberes, while the Doctor will degais bienSelf
to his scientific investigations sled
Mervin tile Arrerstol,
Gov. W A MEM-. AMIIN GTO X, Friday,
Oct. 30, 1857.—Previous to the election in
Kamm, Governor Welker received specific- •
instructions from the Administration relative
to his dutront that subject, and *Lich prn 7
chided him from purging the po'.l, ai he rif
cently did in rejecting the Ostord-
Acting without. authority, from Washington,
and clearly violating the instruetions,sent hint,
his conduct is'. emphatically contensnede- 7 .
There is reason to believe that both Governor ,
Walker and Sectetary Stanton will be remov
ed Intim they shall choose to resign. •
WASIII EGTO*, Oct. 81, 1857-1 r. 31t
The Government has , no official informs ,
tiun from Governor. Walk e r relative to his
purging the poll of Oxford Precinct, and'un.
;!! this can be received, there can be no defi
nite actioa by die Administration.
It was fmirtaillir a-violation of his initruc
eons which will not be permitted to go unno•
tined ; ancl:the Executive disapprobation will
be expiessed, there is reason to believe, in -a
manner which' may .at least lead to the resig
nation of-both- Gov. Wall:er and Secretary
Stanton.
10 r. st.--It is now ascertained, on &speci
fic inquiry, that thoreport of last night, which
was prevalent in usualy reliable and well-in
formed circles, of the intention on the put of
the Administration to remove Goveinor Wal
ker and Secretary Stanton ; is without. the
least f o undation ; nor is there any reason to
believe that either intends to resign. The
last dates from either have only come down
to the 10th of October.
Merchants and Illatvrafactimers'
Dank. " 1
STRANGE DISCLOSURES
1 .
1 A bench warrant was beard in Pittsburg
on the 22d of Oct., issued at the instance of,
Mr. Scott, President of the Merchants and
Manufacturers' Bank, again-t James and Her
cules O'Connor, bankers, of the firm i 1
O'Conner, Brother, ch Co„ charging them
with obtainging fraudulently, and by the
complicity of the book-keeper of the bank,
4183,000. O'Conner in his defence made_
graie allegations against the bank,, denying
the indebtedness of the firm-, and claiming to
be the agent of the bank for the purpose of
drawing specie from the other banks on their
_notes of distant banks of a lea denomination
than five dollars, and also counterfeit money,
were drawn from the hank on, their . .checks;
that their dealings•with the bank since Feb
ruary last have amounted to Over three mil
lions, a taiga portion Of which was not on
the private account of the firm;. that the re
spondent in vain attempted to effect a settle
ment with the bank, and Lad placed securi
ties in the hands of a disinterested party to
cover any indebtedness. -.
Further investigation was waived fOr the
pres'ent. -Messrs. O'Connor ba%ing made an
assignment for the . benefit of their creditors:
Notwithstanding these tzlevelopmeints, the
notes of the bank. are stilt taken W the
other banks in payment of notes due them,
and also by.the public. - it is said that its
stock will not be depreciated.
Daniel-Webster On the Evils ot a
. - Paper Currency.
At this time, says' the Clinton Democrat
when the question of the currency is attracting
boACIUCIi attention,the views of Daniel Web
ster on the subject will be read with interest. I
It will, doubtless, surprise the advocates of I
the so-called paper currency, 'that the great
statesman left upon record as decided a protest
against that kind of money as did Thomas ,
Jeffers or Andrew Jackson. Ms clear intel
lect could not fail to see the 'disastrous effect
which it was certain to produce upon the
business interests Auld laboring classes, even
if it- had not been enlightened by a clime and,
familiar 'acquaintance with the teachings of
history. To those,who can not yet make up
their minds to favdi a return to the currency
of the CCnstitation, and who Consider the
policy which favors it." Democratic .radical
ism," we commend the following from their
favorite,stattainian, Daniel Webster.
The following extract of a speech made
by Daniel Webster in the united States Sea
med io 1832, may be found in Bento,o
Thirty Years View, page 244. vol. 1 :
" A disordered,. currency is i one of: ;the
greatest of political evils. It undermines the
virtues necessary fur the support of the so
cial system, and encourages propensities de
structive to its lisippins. It wars against
industry, frugality and economy, and it fos
ters the evil spirit of extravagance and specu
lation. Of all the contrivances for cheating
the laboring classes of mankind, none has'
been more effectual than that which deludes
them with prper money. This is the most.
effectual of inventions to fertilize the rich
man's field by the sweat. of the pour min's
brow. Ordinary, tyranny, oppression, exces
sive taxation—these bear lightly on the hap
piness of the mass of the community, coin
, pared with the fntuatilent currencies and the
robberies committed by depreciated paper.
Our own history has recorded for our in
struction enough, and more than enough, of
the . demoralizing tendency, the injustice and
the intolerable oppression on the virtuous and
well-disposed, of a degraded paper currency
authorized by law or any way countenance.'
by government."
Again be says:
"The paper circulation of the count , is,
at this time, probably seventy-five or eighty
millions of dollars. Of specie, we may have
twenty or thirty millions, and this principally
in masses in the vaults of the banks. Now;
sir, this is a state of thir t 7 which !cads con
stantly to overtradinc, and to the conse
qutnt excesses and revulsiuns which so-ofteu
disturb the regular course of commorcialof-1
faits. Why have we so small an amount of
specie in circulation ! Certainly the only
reason is because we do; not reciai.e motet
We have but to ask its presence and it would,
return. But we voluntarily banish it. by the
great amount of small bank notes. In most .
of the States the banks issue notes to all low
denominations, even to a single dollar. low
is it. possible under such
.circumstances, to
retain specie in circulation ! All experience
shows it to be 'impossible., -The paper will
take the place of the gold and silver. When
Mr. Pitt, in the 1707, proposed, in Par
liament, to authorise the Bank of England to
issue one pound notes,, Mr. Burke lay sick at
Bath, of an illness xof which he newer recov
ed, and be is said to have written to the late
Mr. Canning: 'Tell Mr. Pitt that, it he con
sents to the issuing of one pound notes, be
Map never expect. to see a guinea again."
Arm.) following anti espondeoce between
the Lebanon Bank and 'the State Treasurer,
will be interesting to the Banks and the coin
mianity, at indicating the actions of the-State
Treasurer, under the fifth section of the sus•
pensicin law, passed at the recent session of
the Legishitgre. The section is is follows
" That the deposits by :he Suite Treasurer
or to the credit of the Commonwealth, in the
several Banks and other corporations, and all
Bank notes which are now or may hereafter
be in the Treasury, during the beriod of sus
pension afonsaid, shall from time to time*
demand of said Treasurer, be paid by tht•
Said Banks, or other corporations respectfully,
in specie, or such atnoants; as may be requir-
ed by said Treasurer, to enable him to pay the
interests scornica on lbw pablic loins of the
Camweesecaitb:r
• . LEUATipx.BArtir, Oct. 26, 1857'
U.S. E•q , .State Ttea.•urer,
Dear Sir=lt has been enjoined upon me
by she Board o f Directors of this Bank to in
quite
" Whether. you will receive onr tax on
thSMay dividend, in adraft on one of the
Ilartisburgßanks,'and-whether it is the pur
pose of your DePartnsent to exact, under the
late lair, our dips to the commonwealth in.
specie r This colormatieri is adjudged nee- •
, essary for the tneettng -of our Stockholders,
when they purpose to decide upon the accep
tance, tkc, of the said law. Au early reply
will be duly appreciated.
tome reApectfully, •
: &Wien A. trtiLER.
. .
. . TRZJISGar- DEPARTMICNT, 1
limptiseunw Pct. 27. 1857.
Eow. A. Vitten, Esq., Clohier of Lebanott
Bank : , Dear Sir—Your letter of thia 2fith
instant has just been received.. .:Under ilie
power given to me by the attipseCiion of the
suspension ect, it is my intention to ask the
Banks to furnish the State with an amount of
coin sufficient to pay the interest on hip pub.
lie losns,each Bank to pay in proportioir to its
capital stock, and to receive frOm . the State
therefor its own notes or the notes. of other
solvent I3anks. The sum required for interest
purposes in Jan ~ will amount to about
$1,000,000. ITI. . c' .ital stock of our Banks
amounts in the a • r ,• to to about ales= of
*25.00.0 { 000.
If it bathe pleas i ()flour Board to aid
the State in her - effort o pay the inmsrewt is
I ; t l is.
k c,
'pewe e a draft ots o . dor 11, s laws
Banks will be 'revived theta : On your
May dividend ; Into cie will be exacted
for it, as well as a, of the Dotes of your
Bank winch may ereafter be received at thi
Treasury. 'Very r peetfully, .
.
U. S. aleonsw,. Slate. Treasurer.
What the Election has Decided:'
Upon reflecting on the result of the late ti;
lection, says the Bellefonte Water:ratan, the'
query, what has been decided by it ! presented .
itself to oumindi as worthy of an answer at
this time. We will give tbatioswer_aceord
ing to the best of our judgement' Audi belief,
in as few words as possible. - •
Ist. It has been decided ',hat Gen. Peck.
er is the choice of a mpjority of the people of
Pennsylvania for Governor, and that the ma
joriiv were utiwilling that David Wilmot
i.hould Jule over them. The grounile':of this
decision we take to be, that Gen. Packer is
the best qua:i6ed of the two, that his politic;
al principles better accord with those of the
majority, and that he is in every, respect, a
more suitable man for the office.
2nd. It has been decided that Republican
i.m and Know Nothingisrn shall
,net, longer
rule in Pennsylvania, that a party based up-
o n th e principl e s of proscription and perttecu• -
tion, moretyraniCal and iltberal than those_
which be got the corporation and test acts or
England, and on spar with those which'up
held the Spanish, inquisition, cannot be teller-.
ated in Pennsylvania. '
3rd. It has! been decided that the doe
trines of Abolitionism are detestable, that they . 1
ate dangerous to the Union of these States, a
violation of our duties to our-Southern broth'.
ren t and calculated better to retard, than ad
vance the abolitiOn of Slavery.
4th. It has been decided that the admin
istration of James', Buchanan is thus far satis
factory.
15th. It has been decided that the sale of
the Main Line of the Public Improvements at. -
ore half their value, was an imposition on the
part of the present Executive, and ibid. the
charge that &e Democratic party was kept
in power through the influence of the public
works is decided to be false.
sth. It has been decided once more and
again, that " honesty is the best poliqy,"atd
that no party can live long in this Stat , l
that attempts to mislead, impwe upon, dictate
to, and proscribe the people, that' consistency
in some degree, is expected of rulers, and that
when altogether wanting, the l eople are sags
dons enough to know that something is
wrong. - . • ,
=
These are some of the decisions -which we
thinkhaie been decided it the_ late election.
We infer them from the course of the canvass
and .the result.; Gur opponents cannot ' tea.-
sonably deny that a,decision has been clear.
-ly made upon the above issues. - Yet' they
will do it, but who will confide in the *I.
A PRINTER-IN Luott.,k. young •English
printer, named Llegyy Floyd, lately - engaged
un the SaYannah Ge,orgian, sailed from- that
port for Liverpool, last Monday, in the ship
Georgia, having received intelligence that he
was heir to an estate of 60,000 t.
Trial I.l9l—.llloreiisber Terieh.,
Ward vs. Gris Wold. ,
Mead cs. Cook. . ~
Meeker vs. 'Sutton. '' - 1
Brownell vs! A t ioCollunt.
Reardon vs. R4ardon. ' .
Lathrop Dis't Vs. Lenox Dis't.
Burrows is. Chamberlin: '
•
Green' vs. Wartrons. 1.
Southweil vs. Maryatt.
Bend vs. Neville. •
Pratt' VA. Harding. ,:,,
Taylor vs. Commonwealth. •
Green .vs. 'Wright.' . .
Burritt. vs. Curtis. - -
Tewksbury is. Adams.
Reynolds vs. Siihbury.
Buck vs. Taylor., •
,
Skinner vs,. Pope.
Aiverson vs. Gelatt.
Sobemerhorn vsLEltilils , -
Young vs. Warden. - -
Drinker vs. Whitney.
Sayre vs. Lyons.
_,
Weeks vs. lifsbnes. ,
liewey vs. Graham. , ••,
Wapner' vs. - Dona.. ",
Jon List.....Nabrember Coyid, MIST.
GRAND JURY. '
Ararat—Samuel Avery.
Brooklyn—James Peekliam.
Choc:omit—B. W. Batty.
Ftanklin—S. R. Crane, Its M. Simmowt.
Forest Lake—A. Tilden.
Gibson—Chester Bill, J. W. darpeater",-,-
Grgat Bend—Geo. Buck, It. U: Haywood._
Ilarford—Dexter Sibley.
Jessup—O. S. Bebee.
Liberty—Jonathan Ross.
Lathrop—Ansel Sterling.
Lenox—H. N. Smith, N.121E1 Tingley, D.
Whitney. ' •
Muhl letown Baldwin.
• •
Montrose—l. L Post. -
New Milford—Waiter Watson.
Oakland —Benjamin Gardner. -
Susquehanna Depot—D. W. Norton, S. B.
West.
Thompson—Abram Coon.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
FIRST MACK. -
Apolacon't—Avery Beebe.
Auburn---Harvey Carter Milton Harris. -
Bridgewater—John F. Ileatis, J. T.-Laur
don, Albert Woodcock.'
Brooklyn-4. Tewksbury.
Choconut-Leiiis Chamberlin, Jr.
. Clifford—Eiri; Jenkins.
Dimock—William Miles. _ -
Franklin—Fred. Lines.
Cabsott--James C. Powers, H. M.
Darla Smii